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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11285
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14099
13 Actual Demand 10999
14 Aggregate Planning 11925
15 Air Cargo 9838
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6443
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34576
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15203
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18937
20 Assembly Line 21621
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22690
22 Average Speed of Answer 26380
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22713
24 Batch Production 37712
25 Bill Discounting 14176
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10844
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6938
28 Blanket Release 9787
29 Bonded Warehouse 9874
30 Booking Number 13450
31 Bottleneck 9263
32 Buffer Stock 58431
33 Build to Stock 12743
34 Bullwhip Effect 9316
35 Business Logistics 25156
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12351
37 Capacity Management 39687
38 Capacity Utilization 13815
39 Capital Intensive 8134
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8414
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11878
42 Certified Supplier 8832
43 Channel Effectiveness 8793
44 Co-Destiny 9065
45 Co-managed Inventory 12235
46 Co-Packers 11575
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6648
48 Computer-Based Training 7525
49 Consular Invoice 19374
50 Container Depot 10395
51 Container Freight Station 10139
52 Continuous Replenishment 19232
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11859
54 Contract Carrier 7215
55 Contract of Affreightment 11213
56 Control Charts 7784
57 Cost Flow 10091
58 Courier Service 14926
59 CPFR 8033
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11566
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43474
62 Date Code 17810
63 Days of Supply 19535
64 Dead on Arrival 8977
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7110
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7895
67 Detective Control 8721
68 Devanning 14026
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10639
70 Dispatching 23766
71 Distributed Inventory 8192
72 Distribution Channel Management 34160
73 Distribution Metrics 8778
74 Distribution Planning 23945
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14908
76 Double Marginalization 52287
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22035
78 Dual 5303
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20347
80 Echelon Inventory 25900
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38004
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49016
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7440
84 Efficient Frontier 25059
85 Engineer-to-Order 31339
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16019
87 Erlang B Formula 9142
88 ETD 8118
89 Ex Works 7693
90 Exception Rate 13199
91 Exponential smoothing 9645
92 External Growth 9856
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9238
94 Field Services 7605
95 Field Warehouse 9727
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8492
97 Fishbone Diagram 14360
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26606
99 Flow Through Distribution 12090
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7961
101 FOB Destination 12736
102 Forward buying 29786
103 Freight Charge 10132
104 Freight Consolidation 7359
105 Gantt Chart 8138
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11483
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29239
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12465
109 Hub 23110
110 Idle Time 7894
 
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